Mission township, Shawnee County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (62% naturalized citizens)
| Mission township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
55% of Mission township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6336
- Northeast: 312
- Midwest: 1353
- South: 732
- West: 320
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $166,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Mission township, Kansas:
- 145 people in nursing homes
- 132 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 77 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,926
- One, attached: 44
- 3 or 4: 35
- 10 to 19: 12
- Mobile homes: 98
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Mission township with a mortgage: 2,084 (140 second mortgage, 261 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 433
- Public administration (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Top executives (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
- Registered nurses (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mission township:
- German (35.5%)
- English (10.6%)
- United States or American (10.6%)
- Irish (7.5%)
- Swedish (3.4%)
- Italian (3.3%)
- French (except Basque) (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (21%)
- Germany (11%)
- Mexico (11%)
- Pakistan (9%)
- Japan (9%)
- India (8%)
- Other Eastern Europe (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,302 (90%)
- Carpooled: 285 (6%)
- Walked: 17 (0%)
- Worked at home: 167 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
People in group quarters in Mission township, Kansas:
- 145 people in nursing homes
- 132 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 77 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
95.1% of residents of Mission township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (24% speak English very well, 69% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,917- In family households: 8,422 (2,393 male householders, 301 female householders)
2,445 spouses, 3,132 children (2,867 natural, 160 adopted, 105 stepchildren), 36 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 49 other relatives, 49 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 495 (153 male householders (92 living alone)), 254 female householders (234 living alone)), 88 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 383 (306 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,110 2-persons, 584 3-persons, 639 4-persons, 230 5-persons, 117 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 326 1-person, 68 2-persons, 13 3-persons,
2,247 married couples with children.
235 single-parent households (70 men, 165 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 207
| Here: | 15.5% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 75
| Here: | 10.3% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 56
| Here: | 17.7% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |